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Posted on 09/17/2005 8:09:31 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Tropical Depression #18 has formed in the Atlantic Ocean north of Hispaniola. The following links are self-updating:
Central Florida Hurricane Center offers a variety of info
I am sure the evacuated folks in Houston would just love a hurricane to hit them there.
I feel like the Florida people did last year. My big concern is that this doesn't move more north and hit Louisiana. We can't take it right now. We still have a lot of damage to basic infrastructure still unfixed.
With everything that we see in the tropics right now, it's a pretty good bet that at least one will be a nasty.
I'm tired of hurricane season, but it looks instead like it's reaching its peak.
Thank you. I see the upswing now on the projections. ugghhh...:(
Here you go.
I turned on the weather channel just as they were finishing up the discussion on the high over Texas. Which way do they expect the high to push this storm?
Made my exit on the turnpike
saw the stateside toll and shuffled for some change
I paid a man that talked as if he knew me
And I could see it in his eyes
he could tell that I was runnin' away.What are you waitin' for
it's just a minute away.
Travel light you might just
find yourself there for the day.
What are you waitin' for
it's just a minute away.
Following Rita,
Following Rita.
That is the truth. All of the shelters that are availabe for evacuation north are FULL to the brim, the hotels are full, the evacuees here are for the most part without transportation but the leaders in the Southwest Louisiana area have been making preparations to address the problems since NO has evacuated. We are not like the NO area. We have competent leadership here.
I've noticed in the last few years these damned hurricanes have an uncanny propensity for striking the same areas and following the same paths. At least the last couple of hurricane seasons have been this way. They have repeatedly tracked into the Florida panhandle in a given season and they have repeatedly tracked and formed along the Florida peninsula in a given season. I don't want to sound alarmist, but this is the reason I fear for the Gulf coast again and particularly the New Orleans region. I realize the 5 day forecast doesn't take it anywhere near the Gulf coast, but at the same time, we all have seen how these storms seem to follow similar paths. It's almost as if a previous hurricane creates an alley for another to follow.
Just my two-cent observation..........
Northern Mexico or South Texas....The high is to move a bit west closer to San Antonio driving this storm south. At least, that's the way weather pattern is setting up right now. Time will tell.
September is our 'monsoon' season, this is typically why.
You are one of several FReepers I've been looking forward to hearing from since Katrina. Hope you weathered the storm without too many problems. You are the third one to check in since Friday...three more still MIA. Good to see you back!
Yikes! The middle coast needs rain but I have mixed emotions about praying for it right now.
Sorry when you're living on the coast NEVER NEVER pray for rain through someone getting a HIT from a HURRICANE...that's a little crazy...IMHO
I was joking about praying for rain. A hurricane is an act of nature, I don't think prayer effects it one way or the other. I can, on the other hand, pray that people are spared from the death and destruction of a hurricane and I believe God will hear my prayers.
Oh boy....Which one of these models tend to be most accurate. Through discussions on these threads, NHC's tracks have been said to be extremely accurate last and this season. Is NHC's projections on this pic...???
We evacuated to family in Missouri and spent 2 1/2 weeks there. We had minor damage to our home (no water). The worst part to our arrival back to our home was the herrendous funk we were greeted to as we opened our door. After a 10 hour trip back we had to deal with the fridge first and foremost. The smell was so bad in the house it woke me in the middle of night......I then went outside to try and sleep in the truck. The fridge has been ejected from the house!
Our area (North of Covington, Lousiana) had extensive tree damage. Some areas look like a war zone. There is no doubt in my mind that Hurricane Katrina spun numerous tornado's off of her. In many places one can see a clump of 10-20 tall pines all snapped off at the same exact height. Still in all, our area fared relatively well!
It's good to be back!
I can't believe another one could be in the middle of the gulf in a few more days. It's just unreal!!!
I want to thank you again for what you do for people in the paths of hurricanes by the posting of these threads. I also thank the many contributors to your threads, especially the one's who seem to be hours ahead of the forecast models. Someone here, and you know who you are, forecast the models on Katrina to change WEST almost 4 hours before it was "officially" changed by the NHC. The same thing happened again some hours later, and it was trumpeted here before the "official" forecast was released.
Keep up the great work!
Glad to hear you made out fairly unscathed.
I echo your comments about the participating weather folks on these threads .....
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